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Around 600 people took the opportunity to view progress on the new Puhoi to Warkworth motorway during an open day on December 3.
Visitors were bussed from the A&P Showgrounds to the Wyllie Road site office where they met some of the project team, got an overview of the project, including structural explanations from engineers and had the opportunity to ride in a dump truck.
The new four-lane motorway, from Johnstone’s Hill tunnels to just north of Warkworth, is a Private
Public Partnership between Government and a consortium, Northern Express Group (NX2).
Construction started last year and the road is due to open in late 2021.
Meanwhile, the NZ Transport Agency has announced that the speed limit on SH1, at the new access point about four kilometres south of Warkworth, will remain at 70kph until the new motorway opens.
The road at the access point has been widened, barriers put in place, trees removed and new road markings painted. It will cater for large vehicles involved with earthworks.
The speed limit will return to 100km once the motorway is finished.
